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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
#35 - Michelle Cappadona
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QUICKLY: One of the league's
most outstanding players... First-team All-NEC performer... Two-time NEC
Defensive Player of the Year... First-team All-Met performer... Versatile
player with driving ability and an outside shooting touch.
2000-2001 (Junior): Named NEC Defensive Player of the Year
for second consecutive year... First-team All-NEC selection... Named to
first-team All-Metropolitan Division I... Recorded first triple-double
in MU history with 19 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists vs. FDU (1/25)...
Led team with seven double-doubles... Scored a career-high 29 points in
home win vs. Hofstra (11/21)... Led Hawks in scoring in eight games and
in rebounding 13 times... Led the NEC in steals (3.22 spg), which also
ranked her 20th in the NCAA... Tied an NEC single-game record when she
recorded 10 steals vs. FDU (1/31)... Ranked in the league's top-15 in seven
categories, including points (16.3 ppg), rebounds (7.2 rpg) and assists
(4.22 apg)... Started 22 of the Hawks' 27 games.
1998-1999 (Freshman): Played in 28 of MU's 29 games... Top player off the bench for the Hawks... Averaged 6.9 points and 4.7 rebounds per game... Came on late in the season, averaging 13.3 points and 8.5 rebounds in the last four games... Scored career-high 27 points in NEC Championship game vs. St. Francis (Pa.)... Collected 15 rebounds in NEC Semifinal win over Mt. St. Mary's... Sparked Hawks to a comeback victory over FDU (2/17) with eight second half points. HIGH SCHOOL: Led Red Bank Catholic to a New Jersey Tournament of Champions title as a senior... Averaged 13.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per game for the Caseys in her senior season... Made 48 percent of her field goal attempts and 72 percent of her shots from the free throw line in her final year... Named Monmouth County Player of the Year by the Newark Star-Ledger... Also named second-team All-New Jersey and first-team all-parochial by the Star-Ledger... Honored as first-team All-Shore by the Asbury Park Press... Earned the Kerwin Award, recognizing the Shore Conference Player of the Year. PERSONAL: Born: January 22, 1980... Major: Communications... Daughter of Joseph and Nancy Cappadona. |